Space X, NASA gears up for historic Crew Dragon launch
SpaceX and NASA are gearing up for the second attempt to make the first manned launch of the…
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From New York to London in the golden age of aviation
The Golden Age of Flying is often associated with the famous Pan Am and the Concorde aircraft flights…
Did Covid-19 put commercial space travel on hold?
Airline companies became one of the global industries affected by the current pandemic the most. Following the global…
Final two bidders for Virgin Australia to be revealed next week
Deloitte, the administrator of Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd, is expected to announce the final two preferable bidders to…
OTD: French jetliner Sud Aviation Caravelle makes first flight
On May 27, 1955, the first French-built jetliner powered up its engines and rolled down the taxiway towards…
US Navy protests against “unsafe” Russian jet interception… again
The US Navy’s 6th Fleet reported the interception of one of its P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft by…
World’s longest domestic flight flies under radar
When earlier this year Air Tahiti Nui flew from French Polynesia directly to Paris (France), it broke several…
Air New Zealand is preparing to be 30% smaller in two years’ time
The national flag carrier of New Zealand, Air New Zealand, was no exception to the aviation’s industry pain…
C919 chief designer : 815 orders for C919 and CR929 on the way
During the ongoing annual top-level political event in China, the Two Sessions, the chief designer of Chinese-built C919…
Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial plane reaching Mach 2
Tu-144 was the first supersonic passenger aircraft developed by Tupolev Design Bureau in the 60s in the Soviet…
Lauda is closing its Vienna base – 300 positions will be cut
Lauda, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ryanair, announced the closing of its Vienna base after an argument between…
Lufthansa to close A380 base in Frankfurt
Lufthansa (LHAB) (LHA) has confirmed to Airliners.de that it intends to transfer all its Airbus A380-800s to Munich…
The rise and fall of glamorous Pan Am
America’s first international airline Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) was founded on October 27, 1927, by two…
Live streaming – a new trend of promotion among Chinese airlines
Live-streaming sessions have become increasingly popular in China in the last few years. Chinese airlines, one of the…
Zipair to begin operations performing cargo-only flights
On May 21, 2020 Japanese LCC Zipair applied for permission to operate cargo-only flights between Tokyo Narita and…
Would Emirates-Etihad merger make sense now?
There is no denying that the Big Three airlines of the Middle East, namely Emirates, Etihad and Qatar…
Air France explains why flight AF407 diverted to Lisbon
On May 21, 2020, Air France flight AF407 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, unexpectedly landed in Lisbon, Portugal.…
Jiangxi Air’s first commercial ARJ21 flight has started operating
Chinese Aviation’s bright future: Jiangxi Air’s first commercial ARJ21 flight has started operatingSince the COVID-19 epidemic spread globally,…